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unit 1 vocab
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Term | Definition |
| History | Study of past events |
| topical | information catagorized into topics rather than chronologically |
| chronological | events placed in order form when they take place |
| era | a period in time that is associated with a particular person , event , event, or quality |
| landform | shapes and types of land |
| plate tectonics | the theory that the earths surface is divided into a number of plates which float independently |
| climate | the average weather of a place between 20 - 30 years |
| vegetation | plant life that grows in an area |
| culture | the customs, ideas or beliefs, and skills of a people |
| physical geography | the study of a land and its features |
| human geography | learning about people and their ways |
| globe | the most accurate "picture" of the earth, it is a sphere with a map of earth printed on it |
| relief | a change in elevation |
| physical map | a map that highlights many of the natural features of a place, such as mountains, plains, river, and lakes by using color and shading |
| political map | a map that shows features of a place such as country's, states and city's |
| drought | long periods in which rainfalls at a much lower rate than usual |
| irrigation | an artificial way to supply water to crops |
| hunter gatherers | people who survive in the wild for wild plants and animals to eat |
| indigenous people | Native people to an area |
| Beringia | during the ice age, Russia was connected to Alaska |
| artifacts | objects made by humans and used by archeologists to learn about the past human cultures |
| archeologists | scientists who study evidence left by early people to learn about their culture |
| pictographs | pictures drawn of painted on cave walls, ledges and cliffs |
| petroglyphs | carvings made in rocks |
| pueblos | large Native American homes made of Adobe |
| missionaries | people sent to a place to convert the local population to a new religion |
| tipi | cone shaped tents made poles covered in animal skins used a dwelling by some Native American groups |
| migrate | the ability of a group of people to move into and inhabit a new region |
| tribe | a number of family groups that follow the same leader and share the same territory and culture |
| matrilineal | descent is traced primarily through the mother |
| Adobe | A building material of mud, rocks, clay, and dry grass shaped into bricks and used to construct pueblo dwellings |
| reservations | land set aside by the government for use by Indian peoples. |
Created by:
Pedro Alonso
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